Chats on Old Lace and Needlework

CONTENTS

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PREFACE	7
BIBLIOGRAPHY	10
OLD LACE
CHAPTER
I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF LACE	21
II. THE ART OF LACE-MAKING	33
III. THE LACES OF ITALY	45
IV. THE LACES OF GENOA AND MILAN	57
V. THE LACES OF FRANCE: NEEDLEPOINT	69
VI. THE LACES OF FRANCE: PILLOW	85
VII. THE LACES OF FLANDERS	99
VIII. MODERN BRUSSELS AND MECHLIN	119
IX. OTHER CONTINENTAL LACES	131
X. A SHORT HISTORY OF LACE IN ENGLAND	139
XI. ENGLISH LACES	155
XII. SCOTCH AND IRISH LACE	169
XIII. HOW TO IDENTIFY LACE	179
XIV. SALE PRICES	199
NEEDLEWORK
CHAPTER	PAGE
I. OLD ENGLISH EMBROIDERY	205
II. THE GREAT PERIOD	217
III. ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERIES AND VESTMENTS	229
IV. TUDOR EMBROIDERIES	245
V. EARLY NEEDLEWORK PICTURES AND ACCESSORIES	253
VI. STUART CASKETS AND MIRROR	267
VII. EMBROIDERED BOOKS AND "BLACK WORK"	275
VIII. STUART PICTURES	289
IX. SAMPLERS	305
X. THE WILLIAM AND MARY EMBROIDERIES	317
XI. PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY	331